Apparatus for printing works



Oct. 29, 1940. w. STOLLE APPARATUS FOR PRINTING WORKS Filed July 21,1939 Patented Oct. 29, 1940 UNITED STATES f 2,219,852 I APPARATUS FORPRINTING WORKS Wilibald Stolle, Freital, Dresden, GermanyApplicationJuly 21, 1939, Serial No. 285,756 In Great Britain December14, 1938' 5 Claims. (01.276-44) This invention relates to an apparatusfor printing works for transporting matter to the printing press anddead matter from the press and especially for receiving this deadmatter.

a The invention is intended to overcome the objections inherent to theknown method of accommodating the individual matters side by side oncorrespondingly large letter boards which are difiicult to transport andcan mostly only be kept on the floor near the printing press and which,after the printing, must be placed in special racks, the matter oftencollapsing when being shifted from one place to another.

The apparatus according to the invention consists of aneasilytransportable box provided with removable trays and which can be carriedin one hand but may also be moved on wheels.

The handles are so arranged and constructed that they do not project atthe top or sides be- 2o yond the walls of the box, so that two or moreboxes can be placed one upon the other and consequently several piled upboxes can be wheeled over the floor together or can be fitted togetherto form a rack.

25 Rollers or preferably balls are fitted on the bottoms of boxes forwheeling them and, when the boxes are piled up, these rollers or ballscome to lie within the walls of the box so that the bottom edges of onebox rest directly on the upper edges of the other box.

Removable trays of zinc, or other suitable material are provided-asgalleys for these matters and have side bars which project beyond theend edge which is not bordered, with the result 3 that set up matterscan be reliably slipped 01f the table top on the trays.

To prevent the trays from slipping out when the apparatus is beingcarried, not only the tray rests are inclined downwardly towards therear but also looking pins are provided which serve at the same time asroller guides for the slipping in of the trays and facilitate theirinsertion and removal.

In spite of the box being open at the front and top simple and practicalmeans are provided to ensure that the interior of the box is keptentirely free from dust, and that the matters are protected againstbecoming soiled by dust and the like. For this purpose a plate providedwith 50 a pleated extension serves as covering for the upper apertureand a plate like a drop slide is provided for closing the frontaperture.

The surfaces of the slide are preferably treated and each bears one ofthe list of numbers corresponding to the number of trays, so that notesconcerning the matters actually accommodated may be entered in chalkthereon.

To utilize the whole of the available space or wall surface for thedepositing of boxes and dimculties arise when the boxes are piled up andi the lower boxes are required, the boxes may be accommodated in racks.As the number of socalled standing matters varies considerably in ashort period of time and. the mostly restricted space available inprinting works make it necessary to frequently change the positions ofthe racks, fixed racks of a predetermined size are not recommended fordepositing the boxes, but

racks which can easily be dismantled into their component parts andfitted together in any de- 1| sired size. These racks consist of baseboards with foldable side walls on which an extension piece is placedfor forming another compartment. 7

An embodiment of the invention is illustrated n in the accompanyingdrawing, in which:

Fig. 1 shows a closed box in perspective view,

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of an open box,

Fig. 3 shows a box in longitudinal section,

Fig. 4 shows a tray in perspective view,

Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a rack formed by separate parts with twoboxes accommodated therein,

Fig. 6 shows on a larger scale a device for locking a tray in position.

A box, open at the front and top, is formed by a bottom plate I, sidewalls 2 and a rear wall 3. I

The side walls are connected at the top by stays 4, 5, 6 which are flushwith the upper edges of the side walls. These stays serve for stiffeningand carrying the box, the middle stay 4 serves for carrying the box withone hand, and the end stays 5 and B serve for carrying the box with twohands. 0

The box is closed at the front by a drop slide 7 formed by press boardplate and guided in a grooved frame 8. This plate bears a number ofnumbered sections 9 for noting the contents of the box.

The plate has a middle crease l0 so that it can be folded in half.

The box is closed at the top by a plate I l slidable in a groove andhaving a pleated extension l2 which enables it to be pushed back out ofthe way of the plate I so that this plate 1 can be lowered into itsclosing position. 'The extension [2, however, ensures a tight closurewith the plate I andprevents the penetration of dust. A flap I3 is alsoprovided on the plate H, which can be folded back on to the upper sideof the plate 1 I ,when it is desired to remove or to insert the plate I.When not in use, the plate I may be folded on to the plate ll.

Guides M sloping towards the rear of the box are provided in the innersides of the side walls 2 spaced slightly further apart than the heightof the trays serving as galleys. These trays each consist of a plate l5of zinc, pasteboard, a pressed material or a pressed syntheticcomposition, on which a three-sided frame 16 is mounted. The ends ll ofthe longitudinal laths of the frame project beyond the free edge I8 ofplate I5.

Pins I9, which may carry rollers ensure the insertion and removal of thetrays with a minimum amount of friction and at the same time lock themagainst accidentally slipping ,out as, when the trays have beenpushedhome in the box, the projecting ends I! engage behind the pins l9.Consequently, it is necessary to lift atray before pullingit out of thebox. The projecting ends ll serve at the same time as supports forresting on a table top or the like when slipping a matter on to or off atray. A bar 20 is fitted on the inner side of the rear wall 3 for thepurpose of filling the gap in the box and preventing the matter fromdropping therethrough.

Apart from the carrying stays, means are provided for wheeling theboxesv These consist of four rollers 2| mounted onv the bottom of thebox so that they or their holders form a kind of pin guide inside thestays 5 and S and the side walls 2 and thus prevent slipping when two ormore boxes are placed one upon the other.

As already mentioned, the boxes serve at the same time for storingso-called standing matter. The construction above described also enablesseveral boxes to be piled up; this, however, would necessitateinconvenient manipulation when it is desired to remove the lower boxesof a pile.

Consequently it is proposed to accommodate the boxes in racks whose sizeis adapted to the actual requirements, and which are built up ofseparate compartments.

Each individual compartment consists of a bottom board 22 on which sidewalls 23 are hingedly mounted.

The side walls 23 can be folded down flat on to the bottom board 22 and,when constructing a rack they are swung up until stopped by the abutmentbars 25. The bottom board 22 has in its under surface transverse grooves24 in which engage the edges of the raised side Walls 23 of a boxthereunder.

The boxes are prevented from slipping by longitudinal grooves 26 in theupper side of the base plate 22 and in which the runner roller 2| of theboxes engage.

What I claim is:

1. An apparatus for printing works for accommodating the set up matterbefore and after the printing comprising boxes equipped with slipintrays serving as galleys and provided with dust-tight closing means andwith means for carrying and wheeling the box, and adapted to beaccommodated in racks adapted to be built up in storeys, said boxesconsisting of two side Walls with slide guides for said trays, a bottomplate and a side wall, and whose open sides are closed the one by a dropslide with numbered sections and the other by a plate provided with apleated extension and a flap.

2. An apparatus as specified in claim 1 in which the side walls of saidboxes are stiffened by cross-stays, which are flush with the upper edgesof the side walls and serve as handles, a middle stay serving forcarrying the box with one hand and a front stay and a rear stay forcarrying the box with two hands.

3. An apparatus as specified in claim 1 in which the boxes are stiffenedby cross-stays, which are flush with the upper edges of the side walls,runner rollers on the bottom of the boxes whose mounting serve foranchoring two superposed boxes, each of the trays consists of a plate ofzinc, cardboard or synthetic material, on which a three-sided battenframe is fixed whose longitudinal sides project beyond the open edge ofthe plate.

4. An apparatus as specified in claim 1 in which the boxes are stiffenedby cross-stays, runner rollers whose mounting serve for anchoring twosuperposed boxes, trays on which a threesided batten frame is fixed,slide guides sloping downwards towards the rear of the box the spacingof said slide guides is greater than the thickness of a, tray and frame,at the insertion end of the guides pins or pins carrying rollers servingboth as guides for sliding the trays in and out and for locking themagainst slipping out of the box, a bar fixed on the rear wall of thebox, a drop slide being foldable, racks destined to accommodate theboxes and consisting of a plurality of superposed base-boards with twoinwardly foldable side walls whose edges engage in cross grooves in theunderside of the next higher baseboard each box being secured inposition by its rollers engaging in longitudinal grooves in thebaseboard on which it rests.

5. An apparatus as specified in claim 1 in which the boxes are stiifenedby cross-stays, runner rollers on the bottom whose mounting serve foranchoring two superposed boxes. trays each consisting of a plate ofzinc, on which a three-sided batten frame is fixed, slide'guides slopingdownwards towards the rear of the .box whose spacing is greater than thethickness of a tray and frame, pins or pins carrying rollers arearranged at the insertion end of the guides, which serve both as guidesfor sliding the trays in and out and for locking them against slippingout of the box, a bar fixed on the rear wall of the box for filling thegap formed by the projecting ends of the frame battens a drop slidebeing foldable and its surfaces are divided into sections'by lines andnumbers.

W'ILIBALD STOLLE.

